INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
plates and experiences frequent seismic activity
A 7.3-magnitude quake in the western province of Kermanshah killed 620 people in November 2017.In 2003, a 6.6-magnitude quake destroyed the
ancient mud-brick city of Bam in the southeast Kerman province, killing at least 31,000 people.Iran's deadliest was a 7.4-magnitude quake in
1990 that killed 40,000 people, injured 300,000 others, and left half a million homeless across the northern town of Rudbar.The ancient
region of Fars, also spelled Pars, or Persis, was the heart of the Achaemenian Empire (ca
Darius I the Great moved the capital to nearby Persepolis in the late 6th or early 5th century BC.Its capital city, Shiraz, is home to some
Increasingly, it draws more and more foreign and domestic sightseers flocking into this provincial capital which was the literary capital of
